Category: Passion & Self Hate

I quit my job in March of 2015 and started working for myself as a freelance marketing consultant. That’s relevant to my overall point, but so are the events leading up to that decision. I’ve been a “top performer” at…

Everyone is away from the office so distraction levels are running high. Time for another email exchange that is waaaay too long. Jay: I was thinking of what amazing things we can expect from all our favorite guitar companies in 2016.…

It’s a debate that’s been going strong for probably 30-40 years. Do you really need to learn any music theory in order to play guitar? Of course the answer is “no” and there’s boundless evidence. The greater question is, “should…

Update 2.8.2015: Got all my parts and assembled – photo & details added below. There are so many ways to get a “custom” guitar these days that it’s hard to keep track. There are so many small builders, big companies…

I belong to several busy guitar forums, guitar facebook groups and guitar subreddits. They’re generally great, but increasingly I’m seeing the annoying trend of people over-sharing gear photos. If you do a Google Image Search for “my pedalboard” the results…

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Daft Paragon is pretty much exactly what you’d suspect it is. A guitar-related blog. Our goal is to gradually expand beyond just guitar, so don’t be surprised to see other random things come up, but it’s guitarists writing about things interesting and important to them. Jay Ratkowski is the founder/owner/dictator behind things. Whenever he can get friends to help with the writing, it happens and it is good.